“Even an admirer, such as myself, has to admit that few big problems were solved on her watch, few victories achieved,” O’Hanlon said.

“The fact is, we just don’t have the influence we used to have around the world. From Syria to Mali, we have led from behind,” he said. So, in effect, the former secretary of state has helped manage our decline in what looks like an increasingly post-American world.”

Ingraham said Clinton’s work “should be judged on whether she has left American foreign policy in a stronger or weaker position.”

Many conservatives criticized Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for not holding Clinton accountable for the Benghazi attack during a hearing Jan. 23.

Rather than using the hearing to question Clinton’s knowledge of the events Sept. 11 that led to the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, many Democrats used the opportunity to compliment her on her work and state their desire to see her return to public service.